Middle Georgia Technical College

MGTC Signs Agreement with Georgia Southwestern State University

Warner Robins - Middle Georgia Technical College (MGTC) in Warner Robins and Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) in Americus signed an agreement recently to promote the transferability of credits between the two institutions in the areas of Computer Information Systems and Information Technology.

Dr. Kendall Blanchard of GSW and Dr. Ivan Allen of MGTC sat down for a formal signing ceremony at MGTC's Warner Robins campus Tuesday, October 21. Dr. Boris Peltsverger, dean and professor for the GSW School of Computing and Mathematics, and Dr. Arvind C. Shah, Computer Science professor at GSW, joined Dr. Blanchard for the signing.

"I believe that if we can work together to help students accomplish goals, then we should do that," said Dr. Blanchard. "This agreement between the University and the College will benefit many students. We look forward to a long and productive partnership."

Cindy Rumney, program chair for Computer Information Systems (CIS) at MGTC, and CIS instructor Felicia Everidge, along with Dr. Gerri Sorrell, MGTC's vice president for Academic Affairs, worked to secure the agreement with GSW. This joint program will be open to MGTC graduates of the Computer Information Systems/Information Technology associate degree programs and will allow for transferability of several MGTC courses toward a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology at GSW.

"We are excited about this new opportunity with Georgia Southwestern," said Dr. Allen. "This agreement will be very beneficial to our students and is just one example of the avenues we continually pursue to give our students a chance to reach their goals and become productive citizens of our community."

This agreement between the two institutions will take effect January 2009.

Middle Georgia Technical College offers both diploma and degree programs in the areas of Computer Information Systems and Information Technology, as well as several technical certificates of credit. Day, evening, and online classes are available. For more information about the CIS/IT program at MGTC, call 478.988.6800 or log on to www.middlegatech.edu.

Dr. Kendall Blanchard (seated left) of GSW and Dr. Ivan Allen of MGTC sign an agreement promoting the transferability of credit between institutions. (Back, l to r) GSW Professors Dr. Arvind Shah and Dr. Boris Peltsverger join MGTC instructors Cindy Rumney and Felicia Everidge at the signing ceremony.